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Public bug reported:

1. Make sure no Birdie process remains, using:
ps -e | grep birdie

2. In your Desktop Environment (Cinnamon in my case), go to All Settings > Network > Network proxy
and set Method: Automatic, Configuration URL: /the/path/to/myproxyrules.pac

3. Start Birdie.

What happens (only useful lines listed)?
[_LEVEL_INFO 15:01:07.400886] Birdie.vala:175: Birdie version: 0.2.1+trunk
[_LEVEL_INFO 15:01:07.400972] Birdie.vala:177: Kernel version: 3.5.0-18-generic
Cannot make call: Cannot resolve proxy hostname ()
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

What should happen?
Birdie start normally. As all my other programs that use Internet too (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.).

[Additional information]
This is my .pac proxy rules file, a basic one in fact:
function regExpMatch(url, pattern) {
	try { return new RegExp(pattern).test(url); } catch(ex) { return false; }
}

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
	if (shExpMatch(url, "http*://SOMEURL.tld/*")) return 'SOCKS5 myserverhere.lan:theporthere';
	if (regExpMatch(url, "regex-url-here")) return 'SOCKS5 myserverhere.lan:theporthere';
	[repeated line for other rules]
	return 'DIRECT';
}

=> shExpMatch (built-in function) is for wildcard rules.
=> regExpMatch (added function) is for regex rules.
All programs work correctly (and as set, when starting a browser and visiting some URL, the websites I set* use correctly the proxy I set, and the default rule for the rest is a direct connection).
Only Birdie quit unexpectedly at startup with the error listed above: "Cannot make call: Cannot resolve proxy hostname ()"

* Which are some domain names that Birdie will never try anyway, as very specific.
And else, it should be OK too anyway, just that it'll not be a direct connection, but it should also work even if Birdie was using one of these URL. As the proxy used in my rules is totally up.

** Affects: birdie
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bug fault general global network proxy segmentation startup

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196029

Title:
  "Segmentation fault" just after starting Birdie, WHEN PROXY RULES USED
  (.pac file)

Status in Birdie:
  New

Bug description:
  1. Make sure no Birdie process remains, using:
  ps -e | grep birdie

  2. In your Desktop Environment (Cinnamon in my case), go to All Settings > Network > Network proxy
  and set Method: Automatic, Configuration URL: /the/path/to/myproxyrules.pac

  3. Start Birdie.

  What happens (only useful lines listed)?
  [_LEVEL_INFO 15:01:07.400886] Birdie.vala:175: Birdie version: 0.2.1+trunk
  [_LEVEL_INFO 15:01:07.400972] Birdie.vala:177: Kernel version: 3.5.0-18-generic
  Cannot make call: Cannot resolve proxy hostname ()
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  What should happen?
  Birdie start normally. As all my other programs that use Internet too (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.).

  [Additional information]
  This is my .pac proxy rules file, a basic one in fact:
  function regExpMatch(url, pattern) {
  	try { return new RegExp(pattern).test(url); } catch(ex) { return false; }
  }

  function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
  	if (shExpMatch(url, "http*://SOMEURL.tld/*")) return 'SOCKS5 myserverhere.lan:theporthere';
  	if (regExpMatch(url, "regex-url-here")) return 'SOCKS5 myserverhere.lan:theporthere';
  	[repeated line for other rules]
  	return 'DIRECT';
  }

  => shExpMatch (built-in function) is for wildcard rules.
  => regExpMatch (added function) is for regex rules.
  All programs work correctly (and as set, when starting a browser and visiting some URL, the websites I set* use correctly the proxy I set, and the default rule for the rest is a direct connection).
  Only Birdie quit unexpectedly at startup with the error listed above: "Cannot make call: Cannot resolve proxy hostname ()"

  * Which are some domain names that Birdie will never try anyway, as very specific.
  And else, it should be OK too anyway, just that it'll not be a direct connection, but it should also work even if Birdie was using one of these URL. As the proxy used in my rules is totally up.

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